But then, I seem to get fewer drops in general than other players. There have been stretches of up to 3 week with no weapon/hat drop and no crate drop either, while my husband only needs to start up TF2, he isn't even in a server yet and BAM he gets the first drop... and he plays for 2 hours and has 6 weapon drops. *shakes head*

When I was F2P, I got a few fantastical drops (inclding a slavaged crate) which a derp-ily traded for single weapons or deleted. But my first drop was a Ballonicorn at ~600 hours (right after trading for one too).

My first hat drop was a Professional's Panama, at 900 hours in. I only just recently found my first misc drop, which was a Villain's Veil, at about 1200 hours. Those are the only two hats/miscs I've found in my time.

I have gotten very lucky with hat drops my first one was right after I went premium (around 200 hours total I think) it was the Western Wear then I have gotten Flamboyant Flamenco and that hatless engineer hat whos name I cannot remember. Yes my friend occasionally rages at me for how lucky I am since thats all in under 500 hours total. :)